SATURDAY, JULY 4, 1987
REGARDING URBAN CO-OPERATIVE SOCIETIES, DR LEE SAID SEVEN OF THESE SOCIETIES APPLIED FOR VOLUNTARY DISSOLUTION SINCE THE ANNOUNCEMENT OF GOVERNMENT'S DECISION TO PERMIT CO-OPERATIVE BUILDING SOCIETIES TO TRANSFER LEGAL TITLE TO FLATS TO INDIVIDUAL MEMBERS.
"OTHER SOCIETIES ARE NOW ACTIVELY
CONSIDERING
THE PROPOSAL,
TH
HE ADDED.
DR LEE SAID THAT THE BUSINESS OF THE URBAN CONSUMERS' SOCIETIES CONTINUED TO BE STEADY LAST YEAR WITH SLIGHT INCREASES IN TOTAL SALES TURNOVER AND GROSS TRADING SURPLUS.
WORK ON FIRST LONG STAY CARE HOME STARTS
AND
VOLUNTARY THE
ARE
SECTOR THE SOCIAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT PLANNING TO BUILD THREE LONG STAY CARE HOMES IN THE COMING FIVE YEARS, DEPUTY DIRECTOR
SAID STEPHEN LAW,
(SATURDAY).
OF SOCIAL
WELFARE,
MR
FIRST
OFFICIATING AT THE GROUND-BREAKING CEREMONY OF THE
200 PLACES IN INSTITUTION AT TUEN MUN, HE SAID THERE WOULD BE HOME, WHICH MEANT THE TOTAL DEMAND COULD BE MET IN FIVE YEARS.
TODAY
SUCH
EACH
THERE IS NEED ESTIMATED DEMAND
ACCORDING TO THE REHABILITATION PROGRAMME PLAN, FOR ONE SUCH PLACE PER 10,000 POPULATION, GIVING AN OF 600 PLACES IN THE ENTIRE TERRITORY. THE OTHER TWO HOMES WILL BE SHAM SHUI PO AND WONG CHUK HANG.
MR LAW SAID LONG STAY CARE HOME WAS A NEW SERVICE TO CATER THE SPECIAL NEEDS OF A PARTICULAR GROUP OF MENTAL PATIENTS.
THAT
IN
FOR
THEY "THEY ARE DIFFERENT FROM OTHER EX-MENTAL PATIENTS IN THAT STILL NEED CONTINUOUS NURSING CARE, AND
BE CANNOT THEY
WITH DAILY LIFE DISCHARGED BECAUSE OF THEIR LACK OF ABILITY TO COPE BY THEMSELVES AS A RESULT
THEIR OF
HOSPITALISATION THOUGH CONDITIONS ARE UNDER CONTROL AND THEIR MENTAL STATE IS STABLE.
LENGTHY
"AT THE SAME TIME, THEIR FAMILY NECESSARY PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS HOME.
MEMBERS
ALSO
THE LACK ΤΟ LOOK AFTER THEM AT
/"LONG STAY